Workplace Health and Safety [microform]
- Bib ID:
- 5621763
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Massachusetts Career Development Inst., Springfield
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED424439
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- Description:
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- [Washington D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1998
- 33 p.
- Summary:
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This booklet is one of six texts from a workplace literacy curriculum designed to assist learners in facing the increased demands of the workplace. It is a short guide to workplace health and safety issues, laws, and regulations, especially in Massachusetts. Topics covered include the following: (1) safety issues--workplace ergonomics, the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, safety awareness at work, road safety; (2) health issues--smoke- and drug-free workplace, drugs/AIDS testing, Right to Know law on hazardous wastes, Massachusetts law on maternity benefits and maternity leave of absence, the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, Workmen's Compensation, stress, time management, Employee Assistance Program; and (3) health and safety legal issues--Equal Employment Opportunity laws, sexual harassment, cultural diversity, and signs of a high-quality working environment. (KC)
- Notes:
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- Sponsoring Agency: Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. National Workplace Literacy Program.
- ERIC Note: For related documents, see CE 077 418-420 and CE 077 431-436.
- Students.
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
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- Adult Education
- Career Development
- Employer Employee Relationship
- Health Education
- Health Promotion
- Labor Conditions
- Occupational Safety and Health
- On the Job Training
- Quality of Working Life
- Safety Education
- Stress Management
- Substance Abuse
- Time Management
- Work Environment
- Workers Compensation
- Workplace Literacy
- Massachusetts
- Genre/Form:
- Guides, Classroom
- Other authors/contributors:
- Massachusetts Career Development Inst., Springfield
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2068 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary, dramatic or musical work
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1998
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